Soccer Terminology, US Men's National Team, and VAR Technology
The US Men's National Team's 4-1 victory over Paraguay serves as a starting point for a discussion on soccer terminology and the sport's evolution in America. The etymology of the word "soccer" is traced back to "association football" in England. Technical changes in the game are highlighted, specifically the implementation of Video Assisted Referee (VAR) technology and "hydration breaks" used as opportunities for television commercials.
soccer· football· var· paraguay· brooklyn· association football
00:00 You gotta be careful with dialing your knobs. And we're broadcasting live from the heart of the Texas Hill Country, right here in FEMA Region No. 6. Good morning everybody! I'm Adam Curry. And from Northern Silicon Valley where they are using Gila Monster poison to lose weight. I am John C. Dvorak. Well, they were making a big fuss about it then. It just came back. It's recycle. Recycle... What was the noise makers? You're back home that's why. Oh I got them! I've discovered some stuff cleaning up So i got this. We need to get caught in these webs. Was that Spider-Man? Spider-Man is on the scene
01:14 Yeah. Okay, hello child! I don't know where i got this? I've never even heard that one... I haven't either that's what surprises me You probably had it for years didn't even notice Yes so This is what happens There was one woman that Sharon I think was her name she kept sending me sound effect devices This is what happened Then she stopped She-I think we lost her She's overboard This is what happens when you let your wife redecorate your house Was she in your room? Not yet. Maybe! Come on... Okay, enough of this shenanigans Hey Go Team USA Paraguay 4-1 A good match Yeah thanks to our alien player the black guy who's the only talent on the team Well he was born in Brooklyn I thought he was born in Nigeria No he was born in Brooklyn
02:14 grew up in the UK, I think. But his parents are from Nigeria. Okay so he's a boy from Brooklyn but yes he definitely sounds like a Brit when he talks well it's because he grew up there and and i so here's what I've noticed because I haven't really watched football which by the way it turns out that soccer actually that the English used that in you know 100 years ago they use the term soccer And I couldn't figure out... What was it about the game? Yes, because you had football. Oh, I thought it was about their relationships with the women. No you had football which was rugby but then you have association football, ASSOC, SOC so people would call it SOC
03:00 as an association soccer, Pielson and Odestel. I'm surprised that you're talking about this when the Knicks just wiped out your San Antonio team in another pathetic loss by the team that seems to be born to choke. Born to choke! It's Cuban's team so i have a love-hate relationship. That's not Cuban's team, that's the Dallas team that's Cuban's team No no he has the Spurs What are you talking about? Wow Are you telling? You heard it people. Who does he have the Dallas Mavericks are the mavericks right yeah, oh well screw him anyway I Got a real laugh out of you on that one
03:46 So let me go back. Yeah, because it was one of those flip around gags that are pretty hard to pull off. So I just want to say a few things about the game...about the match! We don't call it a game we call it a match and by the way the boy from Brooklyn that last goal off the outside of his boot see? I've got all the terms back now because it's not a shoe in football it's a boot Okay. So I see what they've done, you know the biggest problem i've always seen with soccer in America is it's not advertising friendly but they've kind of solved that in two ways one the digital signage that's just great they've got someone riding that thing there switching up its all coordinated all over the stadium It's very subliminal I think that works well for the advertisers The second thing is they've instituted
04:38 the hydration break, which is not a thing in soccer. Oh we're halfway through the first half everybody needs a hydration break In other words time for commercials! It's so obvious what they did there Well, it will never get as pathetic as it was watching the NBA game where every time they took the ball out of bounds there were 10 minutes of commercials. Well yeah... Can you turn down your speakers just a tad? I'm getting a little bit of slapback coming through but here's the thing that really threw me because part of the game of football
05:18 is the referee, you know he makes calls you go yell at him. You know everyone big protest that's part of the game now they have the VAR which is the video... The Daughters Of The American Revolution? Not D, V as in Victor Oh! The Video Assisted Referee So, this one team for Paraguay, the one player he like oh! He kicked my shin. Oh I'm laying on the ground and they do the slow-mo and it's obvious that guy never even touched him so first the American player got a yellow card for kicking the guy in the shin which didn't happen then somewhere in the booth somewhere someone calls down to the ref who also has a camera on his head, RefCam
06:06 It says, hey man we're calling a tech on that. So then the ref runs over to the sideline looks at the monitor sees that nothing happened and for the first time ever in any World Cup he takes though the yellow card away from the American guy and gives it to the Paraguay gay guy. But its kind of its not right It's absolutely correct. This flopping is ridiculous and that's what soccer is known for. It's part of the game! And you're supposed to be able to say, we lost because the ref was no good. That is part of the game. Yeah well those days are over and they should be. Where's our coach from?
